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To this day, the salmon in Japanese sushi restaurants is always labeled サーモン "saamon", which is known to be imported and is OK to eat raw; and never 鮭 "s(h)ake"
by jpatokal 11y ago
To this day, the salmon in Japanese sushi restaurants is always labeled サーモン "saamon", which is known to be imported and is OK to eat raw; and never 鮭 "s(h)ake", which is (usually) local and always salted and cooked first -- even though ''shake'' as a term covers all types of salmons.
- greggman 11y agoI've been to plenty of sushi restaurants in Japan where it's labelled 鮭 and pronounced "shake". No idea if that means it was local salmon
- klunger 11y agoI lived there for two years and clearly remember it being labelled as 鮭 (while painstakingly learning the words and characters too for different common foods as well). Granted, this was about 10 years ago, so maybe it has changed?
- jpatokal 11y agoIn a sushi restaurant? Of course there are lots of 鮭 dishes in izakayas and such, but I've never seen any in a sushi restaurant. See also: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1149858456 http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q114...